Wikipedia is an accomplishment of major proportions. It’s become the “first draft of history”…

It’s also dramatic proof of the supreme effectiveness of collaboration:
people work together on Wikipedia to build articles, often in
collaboration across the world, and often over long periods of time.
The style of collaboration is novel in that it balances expert work
with that of talented citizens.

The trust issue illustrates a significant, but transient, challenge
faced by the Wikipedia community. The work has only begun, however, and
the problems will be addressed fairly quickly, on a historical scale.